Good snow for some mountain locations, chilly temperatures in Denver through Friday

The Internet is down at the coffee shop where I am tonight, so just a quick update via cell phone. Powderhorn Ski Area (one of the smaller under the radar areas, located on the Grand Mesa not far from Grand Junction) is reporting 19" of new snow since 5 am! I wish I could take tomorrow off, or else I would be making that road trip in a heart beat. I also read a couple of reports that Steamboat received good snow today as well, but this is unconfirmed.

We saw off and on snow showers in Denver today that didn't amount o anything, though the Palmer Divide and foothills, and even areas east of town, saw a little more snow. A band of snow is moving through town right now, so we may see light accumulations, but nothing to get excited about (even less than the 1-3" that was being forecasted).

Tomorrow through Friday, the sun will make an appearance in Denver along with scattered clouds and continued below average temperatures. We'll see high temperatures around freezing in the city tomorrow after starting out in the teens in the morning. Temperatures will slowly warm over the next couple of days, reaching 40 by Friday. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, a ridge of high pressure moves in, and temperatures warm into the 50's under sunny skies.

The mountains will see light to moderate snow Thursday into Friday (still some uncertainty with the storm), but then mild and sunny weather will make an appearance on Saturday, making it feel a little like spring on the ski slopes for the first weekend of March. Snow chances will return on Monday, however, as the next storm system approaches.